Sarah Van Voorhis Woolfolk Wiggins (June 29, 1934 - April 12, 2020) was a history professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1] She was the first woman in the university's history department and edited The Alabama Review for 20 years. [1]
She was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She studied at Huntingdon College and then Louisiana State University under professor T. Harry Williams. She married and had children. She raised them on her own after her husband died. [1]
In the 1960s and 1970s she wrote several articles and a book on Reconstruction era politics in Alabama. [2]
Bibliography
- The Role of the Scalawag in Alabama Reconstruction by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, Louisiana State University, 1965 [3]
- The Scalawag In Alabama Politics, 1865–1881 by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, University of Alabama Press, July 30, 1977 [4]
- "Amelia Gayle Gorgas: A Victorian Mother." In Stepping Out of the Shadows: Alabama Women, 1819-1990, edited by Mary Martha Thomas. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1995. pp 57–74.
- Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, University of Alabama Press, 2005 [5]
- The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827–1835: A Substitute for Social Intercourse edited by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins with Ruth Truss Smith, University of Alabama Press, November 5, 2013 [6]
References
- ^ a b c Cobb, Mark Hughes. "A historic life". Tuscaloosa News.
- ^ Noe, Kenneth W. (December 31, 2013). The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318086 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (December 31, 1965). "The Role of the Scalawag in Alabama Reconstruction". Louisiana State University – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (July 30, 1977). The Scalawag In Alabama Politics, 1865–1881. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817305574 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (December 31, 2005). Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817314804 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gayle, Sarah Haynsworth (November 5, 2013). The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827–1835: A Substitute for Social Intercourse. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817313333 – via Google Books.
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- 1934 births
- American women historians
- 2020 deaths
- Historians from Alabama
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American women writers
- Writers from Montgomery, Alabama
- Huntingdon College alumni
- Louisiana State University alumni
- University of Alabama faculty
- Historians of the Reconstruction Era
Sarah Van Voorhis Woolfolk Wiggins (June 29, 1934 - April 12, 2020) was a history professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1] She was the first woman in the university's history department and edited The Alabama Review for 20 years. [1]
She was born in Montgomery, Alabama. She studied at Huntingdon College and then Louisiana State University under professor T. Harry Williams. She married and had children. She raised them on her own after her husband died. [1]
In the 1960s and 1970s she wrote several articles and a book on Reconstruction era politics in Alabama. [2]
Bibliography
- The Role of the Scalawag in Alabama Reconstruction by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, Louisiana State University, 1965 [3]
- The Scalawag In Alabama Politics, 1865–1881 by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, University of Alabama Press, July 30, 1977 [4]
- "Amelia Gayle Gorgas: A Victorian Mother." In Stepping Out of the Shadows: Alabama Women, 1819-1990, edited by Mary Martha Thomas. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1995. pp 57–74.
- Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, University of Alabama Press, 2005 [5]
- The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827–1835: A Substitute for Social Intercourse edited by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins with Ruth Truss Smith, University of Alabama Press, November 5, 2013 [6]
References
- ^ a b c Cobb, Mark Hughes. "A historic life". Tuscaloosa News.
- ^ Noe, Kenneth W. (December 31, 2013). The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817318086 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (December 31, 1965). "The Role of the Scalawag in Alabama Reconstruction". Louisiana State University – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (July 30, 1977). The Scalawag In Alabama Politics, 1865–1881. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817305574 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk (December 31, 2005). Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817314804 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gayle, Sarah Haynsworth (November 5, 2013). The Journal of Sarah Haynsworth Gayle, 1827–1835: A Substitute for Social Intercourse. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817313333 – via Google Books.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
- 1934 births
- American women historians
- 2020 deaths
- Historians from Alabama
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American women writers
- Writers from Montgomery, Alabama
- Huntingdon College alumni
- Louisiana State University alumni
- University of Alabama faculty
- Historians of the Reconstruction Era